Latest Type Bomber Christened (1938)

Titles read: “LATEST TYPE BOMBER CHRISTENED“. Radlett Aerodrome. Inside an aircraft hangar we see Viscountess Hampden christening a new bomber ’Hampden’ (natural sound). She stands on a platform and smashes a bottle against the front of the unveiled plane; crowds of men in the hangar applaud. Outside the hangar we see the aircraft taxiing for takeoff. Several mute shots of the Hampden in flight. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé web
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